As the beetle began its mad flight towards Quinn, Alexis fired another shot at the beetle, this time at close range. She aimed for the insects neck, trying to land a bullet in the exposed ruby tinted wound Dalea had just opened.
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**Arl, still moving towards the beetle, decides to take advantage of the enraged charge by attempting to ram one of her swords through its mandibles and hopefully it's brain. She really hopes it wasn't faking how long it takes to charge up the firebreath.**
Dalea was more or less correct. Alexis's shot released a gout of flame as the bullet hit ruby. Arl got thrown backward as the beast slammed into her, the sword barely making purchase on the beetle's shell.
The Huntress shot a few arrows, directing the Gorion away from Quinn and Arl.
**Quinn cursed and scrambled out from under the wagon towards Arl, heedless of the beetle, trying to catch the the little girl or at least pull her back to the relative safety of the wagon.**
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**Arl is flung a little bit to the side of Quinn, but he does manage to catch her. She is only slightly bruised from the hit itself, the blades taking most of the force.**
Arl - Thanks!
**Arl smiles at Quinn as she quickly considers the situation. The beetle didn't come at her with its mouth, so that tactic wasn't going to work. Rolling under the beetle would risk trampling... if only there was a way to get it off the ground. Or get it to roll over... She wiggles out of Quinn's grip.**
Arl - Maybe if we get on its back we could pry open the shell above the wings? The wings are connected to internal muscles, right?"
**Arl tries to run behind the beetle and attempt to get on its back.**
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Alexis sheathed her pistol into the rear holster, realizing that the wagon may very well be the crews best bet. After witnessing Arl's foolhardy move matched by Quinn's unexpected attempt at rescue, the woman bolted for the wagon, knowing that such a distraction may provide her just enough time to quite literally set the wheels in motion.
**Celia determinedly blew her frazzled hair from out of her face, part of the bun falling loose from the force of her fall. :It just had to be a giant insect...: The young mage was out of her element with a rampaging beetle, well, rampaging; but nonetheless looked to keep her composure. When she pulled out what looked to be a leather bound tome from the folds of her robes, she fixed her glasses straight and strode back into the fray, flipping through her tomes pages frantically.**
**Arl continues getting-on-the-beetle's-back. She looks at the edges where the beetle's shell covers the wings for any nice places to wedge a sharp blade as she does so**
Alexis managed to get behind the wagon and tried to move the object with a steady push from the back, hoping that the child had the common sense to jump off the beetles in the off chance she could single handedly move the thing.
When she found the page she was looking for she stopped with a slap of her hand: it was the chapter on Water Energy of, A Practical Demonstration of Elemental Magicks. With a practiced aim she channeled Poke through the rune for Water, aiming a blast right at the beetles gathering maw.
**Quinn jabbed at the things face blindly from the side with his mindmage dagger while he used his other hand to try and grab the little girl so he could pull her away from the thing before it incinerated her.**
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Somehow, just somehow, the dagger seemed to work further. The beetle felt that its fiery maw was no longer functional and decided to just ram the humanlings.
The water blast struck the beetle and it recoiled, almost withdrawing as if a turtle into a shell.
**The beetle's elytra was tighter than Arl had hoped, making it unlikely that she was going to be able to wedge a sword in there. In her focus she was almost grabbed by Quinn, but then the beetle suddenly recoiled, tossing Arl back a little. Catching herself on the edge of the beetle, Arl takes advantage of the withdrawal to charge over the beetle's back towards where its eyes should be when it stops withdrawing. So she can stab them as soon as they appear. With her swords. In the eyes. Of the beetle. She can do this.**
With the beetle recoiled and as immobile as it was ever going to be, Alexis backed up a few yards from the wagon and charged it, sinking her shoulder into its rear with all her might, praying that momentum would unlodge the cart.
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**Quinn was full out screamng profanities at the little girl now, afraid his dagger's blade would snap any second, but not willing to stop because he appeared to actually be hurting its somehow.**
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As the wagon began to move, Alexis put all of her force into propelling the vehicle in the beetles direction. Mildly concerned about killing her two allies in the process, the woman screamed.
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Dalea - Go fo--GO FOR it's stomach! The carapace is ruby armored!
To live is to hope, and while we breathe, we hope and live.
The Huntress shot a few arrows, directing the Gorion away from Quinn and Arl.
世界中で一人のあなたを守るよ
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Jim Butcher: The Codex Alera Series
Arl - Thanks!
**Arl smiles at Quinn as she quickly considers the situation. The beetle didn't come at her with its mouth, so that tactic wasn't going to work. Rolling under the beetle would risk trampling... if only there was a way to get it off the ground. Or get it to roll over... She wiggles out of Quinn's grip.**
Arl - Maybe if we get on its back we could pry open the shell above the wings? The wings are connected to internal muscles, right?"
**Arl tries to run behind the beetle and attempt to get on its back.**
Nervada - 98% fat free, high in fiber.
Eizen - Collected
Yack - Walking
Miko Wydberg
Tanya
Under Original Management!
Bane's Reading Suggestions
David Eddings: The Belgariad, Mallorean, Elenium and Tamuli Series. The Redemption of Althalus
Jim Butcher: The Codex Alera Series
To live is to hope, and while we breathe, we hope and live.
世界中で一人のあなたを守るよ
Nervada - 98% fat free, high in fiber.
Eizen - Collected
Yack - Walking
Miko Wydberg
Tanya
To live is to hope, and while we breathe, we hope and live.
Under Original Management!
Bane's Reading Suggestions
David Eddings: The Belgariad, Mallorean, Elenium and Tamuli Series. The Redemption of Althalus
Jim Butcher: The Codex Alera Series
The water blast struck the beetle and it recoiled, almost withdrawing as if a turtle into a shell.
世界中で一人のあなたを守るよ
Nervada - 98% fat free, high in fiber.
Eizen - Collected
Yack - Walking
Miko Wydberg
Tanya
To live is to hope, and while we breathe, we hope and live.
Under Original Management!
Bane's Reading Suggestions
David Eddings: The Belgariad, Mallorean, Elenium and Tamuli Series. The Redemption of Althalus
Jim Butcher: The Codex Alera Series
Arl, safe on the beetle's back, kept waiting.
Quinn's dagger seemed to meet with ruby, blending into tender underflesh.
世界中で一人のあなたを守るよ
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David Eddings: The Belgariad, Mallorean, Elenium and Tamuli Series. The Redemption of Althalus
Jim Butcher: The Codex Alera Series
Alexis: Jump!
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Dalea - Shall we try to flip it over? I think that's our best bet with it's wings damaged.
She puffed her hair out from her face again, cracking a bit of a grin.**
Dalea - This has been a little fun, yes?.
To live is to hope, and while we breathe, we hope and live.